In the midst of the housing crisis, the Government has made officially protected housing (HPO) one of its flagship projects. This Friday, the PSC and the comuns have presented a bill to accelerate the creation of officially protected housing that includes five measures, one of which is to give owners the option to convert commercial premises, offices, and hotels into protected apartments for interested owners. According to sources close to the negotiation, "if everything went well and the entire package of measures worked" it could help incorporate up to 20,000 apartments. "It was an unavoidable priority to expand the stock of protected housing and ensure that housing fulfills its essential function of being a home," defended the Minister of Territory, Sílvia Paneque, at the joint presentation of this regulation alongside the leader of Comuns, Jéssica Albiach.

New construction is growing in Catalonia, but not to provide housing. In the first six months of the year, the College of Architects of Catalonia (Coac) has issued permits to build or extensively renovate 2.41 million square meters in Catalonia, a 13.46% increase compared to the same period last year. However, although housing is what the ongoing constructions will be predominantly for (almost 1.6 million m², 66% of the total), the increase in actions has been concentrated in other uses – which have grown by 54.24% compared to 2025 – while it has stagnated for housing – an area where it has increased by 0.54%–. In fact, architects have approved 2.59% fewer new construction and renovation homes, down to 7,897: that is, Catalonia is making fewer apartments available than a year ago, but, on the one hand, they are larger, and, on the other hand, renovations are keeping the surface area with ongoing actions for housing stable.

The Spanish government boasts about the construction of protected housing (HPO). Spain has begun to build the highest number of HPO homes in a first quarter since 2012, in a context of prices at peak levels and access to housing among citizens' main concerns. In parallel, it has also reached the highest number of completed HPO since then.

The Barcelona City Council plans to raffle 598 protected housing units (HPO) during 2026, more than 80% of which will be for rent. According to information obtained by the newspaper ARA, they are divided into twelve developments, and the council will hold a raffle for each one. To date, Barcelona has already held five, which have served to distribute 246 apartments, 41.13% of the total. A raffle is planned for this May, one in June, one in September, a couple in November, and two more in December.